Sylvie Courselle

The Path

At Château Thieuley in La Sauve Majeure, oenology and estate management meet in the same working hand. Sylvie Courselle’s role as oenologist at Château Thieuley (La Sauve Majeure), and today as gérante de la partie commerciale of Château Thieuley, places her between cellar decisions and the commercial life of the wines. The work carries the cadence of Bordeaux, but it also reflects a family estate in which memory and method remain in regular use.

The Work Today

Wine, in Sylvie Courselle’s terms, is a practice built around exchange rather than display: "Wine is above all about sharing!" That emphasis on sharing sits alongside a technical view of the cellar, where the task is to hold Bordeaux tradition and personal adjustment in the same frame. "The idea is to find a balance between respect for the traditional work involved in making Bordeaux wines and adding a personal technical touch." Her approach stays measured and exact, with the objective of keeping the wine legible in its tradition while still marked by the hand that made it.

Signature

The wines associated with Sylvie’s work at Château Thieuley and beyond map the estate’s range through their names: Le Petit Courselle, LES DEUX SOEURS, Château Thieuley, Clos Sainte Anne, and Château Saint Genes. Taken together, they show a portfolio that moves between family identity and château expression, with each label carrying a different part of the property’s language.

In Their Words “The idea is to find a balance between respect for the traditional work involved in making Bordeaux wines and adding a personal technical touch.”

Acclaim

Sylvie Courselle is an oenologist at Château Thieuley (La Sauve Majeure).